If Not for Memo, Torture Might Not Be An Issue (Updated)

The question of whether members of the U.S. military and intelligence communities should be allowed to use waterboarding and other forms of torture during interrogations might be largely irrelevant today if not for...

Former Bush Adviser says Bush Admin Destroyed Torture Memos

" A onetime senior adviser to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that the Bush Administration collected and destroyed memos by top officials arguing that torture methods used on detainees were wrong. ...

No oxygen in the IMF ventilator

"By Mosharraf ZaidiThe News InternationalBeing of Pakistani origin qualifies an IMF employee to be as much of a Pakistani economy expert, as being of Pakistani origin qualifies a child that eats a lot of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to be an expert in Pakistani child nutrition....

Toledo Police brace for possible civil unrest

Received another warning of possible civil unrest. "By Aaron Brilbeck Monday, November 03, 2008 at 4:44 p.m. TOLEDO, OHIO -- Toledo police are gearing up for possible "Civil unrest" during and after tomorrow's elections.In an internal memo obtained exclusively by NBC 24 News,...

McCain Internal memo Blasts Obama's Involvement with ACORN

The McCain Campaign released this memo on Friday Blasting Obama's involvement in ACORNTO: Interested PartiesRE: Barack Obama & ACORNDATE: October 10, 2008Today, the McCain campaign outlined the intimate and...

Ohio's Voting Machines Busted, and Won't Be Fixed

Ohio's electronic voting machines, made by don't-call-them-Diebold, are broken, and won't be fixed by Election Day. Does that sound right to you? What do you think of a company that can't fix its software by...

Author: Officials against torture memo feared wiretaps, physical danger

"According to Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals, two top lawyers in the Justice Department who attempted to push back against the authorization of torture by Vice President Cheney's staff became...

Clinton Camp: portray Obama as foreigner and Out of Touch

Remember Senator Clinton saying, “Shame on you Barack Obama".  sneering that Obama was using pages out of Karl Roves Play book  It appears that there is shame to go all around as Mark Penn, Chief Political...

I Am Become Death: Atomic Bomb Dropped 8/6/1945

"Am Become Death: Atomic Bomb Dropped 8/6/1945 Posted on 06 August 2008 by Kevin Today in history, on this day August 6, 1945, U.S. bomber, the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima...

Ron Paul Fears Staged Iran Pretext Could Bring National Draft

"Congressman Ron Paul fears that a staged incident exploited as a pretext to attack Iran may be the precursor to a national draft, as he responded to Sy Hersh’s astounding report that Dick Cheney proposed faking a Gulf of Tonkin style incident by killing Americans in the...

US cancer boss in mobiles warning

Studies time to time have been telling that mobile phone usages leads to all kinds if illness. Some Indian doctors found excessive use of mobile leading to the loss of sperm counts in humans. An earlier UK...

Wall Street Journal to axe 50 journalist posts

The famous Wall Street Journal will be cutting 50 jobs in a 'restructure' to centralise the editing of the paper in print and online."Most of the editorial cuts will come from the WSJ's office in South Brunswick,...

Coca-Cola announces hiring freeze

Squeezed by the weak American economy, Coca-Cola has imposed a temporary hiring freeze in the United States. The company recently cut its outlook for the quarter, citing a decline in the popularity of 20-ounce pop...

Memo to Hank Paulson on his visit to the UAE « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

I suppose Middle East conspiracy theorists will also be working over time on this visit. Perhaps Paulson has a big strategy to get the world economy back on its feet by this autumn and needs the help of Abu Dhabi? The presidential election is a last stand for this generation...

Dem lawyers: Fla., Mich. can't be fully Restored

Politisite would like to take you down a quick trip down memory lane.  Remember the Florida Primary that We covered Live here on NowPublic?  Here is what we said on election night,  Politisite...

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